Ezekiel 1515EzekielJudgment on JerusalemCatholic Public Domain Version

Catholic Public Domain VersionBerean Standard Bible

1. Jerusalem the Useless Vine

2. 1CPDVAnd the word of the Lord came to me, saying:BSBBSB: Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
3. 2CPDV“Son of man, what can be made from the stalk of a vine, compared to all the plants of the woods that are among the trees of the forests?BSBBSB: “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?
4. 3CPDVCan any wood be taken from it, so that it may be made into a work, or formed into a peg so as to hang some kind of vessel upon it?BSBBSB: Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?
5. 4CPDVBehold, it is used in the fire as fuel. The fire consumes both its ends; and its middle is reduced to ashes. So how can it be useful for any work?BSBBSB: No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?
6. 5CPDVEven when it was whole, it was unsuitable for a work. How much more so, when fire has devoured it and burned it up, will nothing of it be useful?BSBBSB: Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!
7. 6CPDVTherefore, thus says the Lord God: Like the stalk of the vine among the trees of the forests, which I have given to be devoured by fire, so will I deliver the inhabitants of Jerusalem.BSBBSB: Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.
8. 7CPDVAnd I will set my face against them. They will go away from fire, and yet fire will consume them. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have set my face against them,BSBBSB: And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
9. 8CPDVand when I will have made their land impassable and desolate. For they have stood forth as transgressors, says the Lord God.”BSBBSB: Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

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